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Episode description
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Even though Christmas is officially just one day, there’s plenty to do and lots of ways to celebrate building up to December 25th. For this reason, we decided to do an episode where we could talk about all the planning and preparing that happens before the big day.
In this episode, we talk about Christmas decorations, buying gifts, and making travel arrangements. And these are just some of the things that need to be taken care of beforehand. Listen in to hear how we prepare for one of the biggest holidays in North America.
Expressions included in the study guide
- Happy holidays and merry
- Christmas
- Come to think of it
- To put up and to take down decorations
- The Christmas spirit
- Christmassy
- To factor something in
- Classic Christmas decorations
- Godparents
- That goes to show
- To take something into account
- A gift exchange
Informal contractions in this episode
Informal contractions are unofficial short forms of other words, and they’re usually only used in casual conversation. For example, when a native English speaker talks casually, they might say gonna instead of going to, or whaddya instead of what do you. Even though informal contractions are usually only used in spoken English, we include them in the Culips written transcripts to help you get used to how they’re used and what they sound like.
These are the informal contractions used in today’s episode, along with their meanings:
- ’cause: because
- gonna: going to
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Chatterbox #118 – Preparing for Christmas
Episode description
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Even though Christmas is officially just one day, there’s plenty to do and lots of ways to celebrate building up to December 25th. For this reason, we decided to do an episode where we could talk about all the planning and preparing that happens before the big day. In this episode, we talk about Christmas decorations, buying gifts, and making travel arrangements. And these are just some of the things that need to be taken care of beforehand. Listen in to hear how we prepare for one of the biggest holidays in North America.Expressions included in the study guide
- Happy holidays and merry
- Christmas
- Come to think of it
- To put up and to take down decorations
- The Christmas spirit
- Christmassy
- To factor something in
- Classic Christmas decorations
- Godparents
- That goes to show
- To take something into account
- A gift exchange
Informal contractions in this episode
Informal contractions are unofficial short forms of other words, and they’re usually only used in casual conversation. For example, when a native English speaker talks casually, they might say gonna instead of going to, or whaddya instead of what do you. Even though informal contractions are usually only used in spoken English, we include them in the Culips written transcripts to help you get used to how they’re used and what they sound like. These are the informal contractions used in today’s episode, along with their meanings:- ’cause: because
- gonna: going to
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